Vegetable-cutter.



N0. 635,16I. Patented Oct. l7, I899.

G. W. COOK.

VEGETABLE CUTTER.

(Application filed May 21, 1898.)

.(No Model.)

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GEORGE W. COOK, OF MONROE CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRYS. BADOLLET, OF VINOENNES, INDIANA.

vEe ETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,1 dated October1899- Application filed May 21, 1898. Serial No. 681,306. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monroe City, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Cutters;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vegetable-cutters, the object of the same beingto'provide a sim ple device of this character whereby kraut, apples, andother fruit or vegetables may be readily and quickly sliced into smallparticles at a minimum expense of power.

The invention consists of an inclined frame having slots in oppositesides thereof, guidebars in said slots, a cutter-frame havinglaterallyextending lugs or projections thereon which fit within saidslots and are provided with openings through which said guide-bars pass,adjustable knives in said cutter-frame,

and means for reciprocating said frame.

The invention also consists in means for adjusting the knives wherebythe thickness of the slice cut from the vegetable may be regulated.

t The invention also consists in certain details of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings formingapart of this specification, Figure 1 representsa perspective view of my device complete. Fig. 2 is a plan View of thesame with the hopper removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectionon the line 00 0c of Fig. 2, the same extending through one of the slotsin the side of the main frame. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view ofthe cutter-frame and the parts connected thereto. Fig. 5 is a detailvertical longitudinal section showing the inclined notches or sockets inwhich the knives fit.

Like reference-numerals ind icate like parts in the different views.

The main frame 1 is made up of the two side bars 2 2, having legs 3 1 attheir opposite ends, the legs 3 being longer than the legs 4, so thatthe top surface of the frame is inclined from one end to the other.Extending transversely through the side bars 2 of the frame areelongated slots 5, in which are located the guide-bars 6, the same beingsecured to the frame at opposite ends of said slot. r

The cutter-frame '7 consists of a plate or board 8, havinglaterally-extending lugs or projections 9 9 upon opposite sides thereof,which fit within the slots 5 and are themselves formed with openings 10,through which the guide-bars 0 pass. At the rear end of the plate 8 issecured an'upright block 11, having an elongated slot 12 therein, and atthe rear end of said block is secured a rod or shaft 13, which isadapted to move longitudinally in suitable bearings in the frame 1.

The cutter-frame 7 is rcciprocated by means of a crank-shaf t 14E,whichextends transversely of the frame 1 and is mounted in suitable bearingsupon the side bars 2 2 thereof. Upon one end of said crank-shaft is abalance-wheel 15, and upon the other end is an operatinghandle'16. Thecrank portion of the shaft 1 1 extends through the elongated slot 12 inthe block 11 and is provided with an antifriction-roller 17, which isadapted to bear against the side edges of said slot. By turning theshaft 14c in one direction or the other a reciprocatory movement will beimparted to the cutter-frame '7 in a manner readily understood.

Extending through the plate 8 of the cutter-frame is anangularly-arranged opening 18, and the upper surface of said plateadjacent to said opening is formed with inclined or angularly-arrangednotches 19, in which fit the cutting-knives 20, 20. These knives areformed with slots 21 at their opposite ends, through whichsecuring-screws 22 pass and by means of which the position of saidknives may be adjusted in saidnotches for the purpose of regulating thedegree which the cutting edges in said knives project from the uppersurface of the plate 8, and consequently the thickness of the slice cutthereby.

Secured to the frame 1 above the cutterframe 7 is a hopper 23, the samebeing held in place upon the frame 1 by means of secur ing-platcs 24,which are attached to the sides thereof and embrace the side bars 2 2 ofthe frame 1 and are locked thereto by means of thumb-screws 2'5, and thesaid hopper is thereby made removable.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

In a vegetable-cutter, a frame comprisinginclined side bars havinginclined parallel slots closed at each end and top and bottom, a

hopper resting upon the side bars above said slots, stationaryguide-bars located centrally within said slots and extendinglongitudinally thereof, and an inclined reciprocating cntter- I GEORGEW. COOK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM D. MoOoY, WILLIAM MoOoY.

